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Walt Whitman to Louisa Ven Velsor Whitman, 23 March 1866

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  • Title: Walt Whitman to Louisa Ven Velsor Whitman, 23 March 1866
  • Date: March 23, 1866
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00203
  • Source: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection, New York Public Library. The transcription presented here is derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), 272-273. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Vanessa Steinroetter Alyssa Olson
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Walt Whitman to Louisa Ven Velsor Whitman, 23 March 1866." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 15 February 2026. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nyp.00203.xml (TEI)
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 23 1866 Dearest Mother,

I ordered the draft to be paid to you, of course. All you have to do is to go down & present it—they may ask you who you expected money from, & where.

I dont know, but I expect Jeff1 or Mat2 would do just as well.

Walt.

Mr. Lincoln,3 the post master, knows about the letters & money being stolen—the Post office here has conferred with him on the subject.

Notes

  • 1. Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman (1833-1890), Walt's brother. [back]
  • 2. Martha Mitchell Whitman (1836–1873), also known as "Mattie," wife of Whitman's brother Jeff. [back]
  • 3. George B. Lincoln (1817-1890) held the position of Postmaster of Brooklyn between 1861 and 1867. [back]
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